4DAIVI PAI2K5 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) I want to purchase a new tower for my old ass computer. The video cards cant keep up and play the Gopro videos threw windows media player or VLC smoothly. Same problem with my both of the laptops also. I want windows 7 as thats what we run at work. looking at these http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+Slimline+Desktop+-+4GB+Memory+-+1TB+Hard+Drive/4672383.p?id=1218525520566&skuId=4672383http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Gateway+-+SX2855-UB10P+Desktop+-+2GB+Memory+-+250GB+Hard+Drive/4700929.p?id=1218509237643&skuId=4700929http://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Refurbished-DC5700-Desktop-PC-with-Intel-Core-2-Duo-Processor-2GB-Memory-160GB-Hard-Drive-and-Windows-7-Home-Premium-Monitor-Not-Included/19534024http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1830224&CatId=4928I dont want to spend a bunch it wont get used all that much. Any others let me know. Edited February 24, 2012 by 4DAIVI PAI2K5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStump Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Honestly, none of those lol. You get what you pay for in a PC and HP's, Gateway's and Dell's are all junk. Look more for Asus, Toshiba and Lenovo. But what you are wanting to do I wouldn't go with anything less than a dual core with 4GB of memory. The Lenovo you picked is OK, you would need to increase the memory and the processor is an older generation of the AMD dual core but out of all of them you listed, that one is the best IMO.Look at this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220110 Edited February 24, 2012 by JStump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4DAIVI PAI2K5 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I dont want to spend 500 bucks on tower. I just want to be able to watch the go pro videos smoothly. They play fine on the HP we have here at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfvb1225 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I've been in the IT business for over 10 years and I agree with the previous post with the exception of Toshiba, they are junk as well and I used to be a Toshiba warranty technician.I have seen decent useful life from Asus, Acer, Lenovo and Dell computers that were purchased from Dell, and not from the big box stores. The Dell machines sold at Best Buy, Walmart etc. are not the same machines that Dell sells directly, they are manufactured to meet the price points the stores demand.My advice to you is to go to a reputable site like Newegg and build your own tower using good quality components. You can buy a barebones system so you know all the parts will work together.HP was once a reputable name for computers, printers and more but they have gone to great lengths to destroy the brand in the last few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4DAIVI PAI2K5 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I dont know how to build one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namtugeoj Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 TCR in pickerington. If you buy the parts they will put it together. Call them and tell them what you want. I agree it will be much cheaper than buying an OTS tower. http://www.tcr.com/default.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namtugeoj Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 There is also a location in Lancaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I dont know how to build one.Find a barebones deal on newegg and give me the parts. I'll put it together for you, all free like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namtugeoj Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yeah....That could work as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfvb1225 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 The guy in the second post offered a link to an Asus machine on newegg, it's not a bad deal either. It's free shipping so that's even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleaveTheGreat Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 My advice to you is to go to a reputable site like Newegg and build your own tower using good quality components. You can buy a barebones system so you know all the parts will work together.This. They're really not hard to put together. Or have Cheech do it for you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfvb1225 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Going that route will save you money. Typically ordering the parts from newegg has other money saving advantages too. *wink wink nudge nudge*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdubyah Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Talk to mike or chad, they could assemble one if you buy the parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Honestly Parks, getting a barebones deal on Newegg, mwave, tigerdirect, stuff like that would be about the same price as buying a pre-built. Not only do you have quality components vs. whatever shit the OEM's would buy in bulk, but you have the ability to expand and add on as different things come up. Think of it as a AR build, you know that building your own is superior to just buying a stock build and hoping that they didn't use shit internals or not being able to put things where you want them. Whether Cdubyah knows some guys locally that can put these together for you, or you come to me you're going to get a lot more bang for your buck this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Honestly, none of those lol. You get what you pay for in a PC and HP's, Gateway's and Dell's are all junk. Look more for Asus, Toshiba and Lenovo. But what you are wanting to do I wouldn't go with anything less than a dual core with 4GB of memory. The Lenovo you picked is OK, you would need to increase the memory and the processor is an older generation of the AMD dual core but out of all of them you listed, that one is the best IMO.Look at this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220110my hp has a asus motherboard. in fact it has all name brand parts stock.hitachi hard drivehyundai memory (odd I know)asus mother board with Nvidia north and south bridge chipsNvidia graphics cardantec power supplysamsung dvd burnersNvidia network cardantec fansRealtek HD 7.1 surround sound cardHP is a lot better than dell and compaq (hp owns compaq) and probably gateway as well. although gatways have become a lot better too.nothing is better than one you build from scratch though. Edited February 24, 2012 by serpentracer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStump Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) my hp has a asus motherboard. in fact it has all name brand parts stock.hitachi hard drivehyundai memory (odd I know)asus mother board with Nvidia north and south bridge chipsNvidia graphics cardantec power supplysamsung dvd burnersNvidia network cardantec fansRealtek HD 7.1 surround sound cardHP is a lot better than dell and compaq (hp owns compaq) and probably gateway as well. although gatways have become a lot better too.nothing is better than one you build from scratch though.Maybe the desktops are better than the laptops, not sure, but I do know that when I was working at best buy I had never seen so many computers with trackpads popping off, bezels around screen misaligned or missing screws, dead pixels, MISSING OS's!!! All of these issues were with HP laptops or all in ones so I'm not sure I trust the manufacturing of the computer, the components may be good but it's put together by what looks to be a blind man with one hand. And these were strait out of the box issues that I found working in geek squad, not customer units that had been messed with. Edited February 24, 2012 by JStump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Quick Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Honestly, none of those lol. You get what you pay for in a PC and HP's, Gateway's and Dell's are all junk. Look at this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220110Hey hey! I bought my Dell 3 years ago. It has the i7 920 "8 core processor", came with 6 meg of ram. 750 gig h/drive ATi Radeon HD 4800 series http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-radeon-hd-4000/hd-4800/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-4800-overview.aspxStill a nice computer 3 yrs later. I added 4 terabytes of h/drive. And 12 more gigs of ram. Looking to add a blue ray burner next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStump Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Hey hey! I bought my Dell 3 years ago. It has the i7 920 "8 core processor", came with 6 meg of ram. 750 gig h/drive ATi Radeon HD 4800 series http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-radeon-hd-4000/hd-4800/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-4800-overview.aspxStill a nice computer 3 yrs later. I added 4 terabytes of h/drive. And 12 more gigs of ram. Looking to add a blue ray burner next.Its good to see you got 170,802 times the memory it came with! They always cheat you out when you buy a pre-built Edited February 24, 2012 by JStump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4DAIVI PAI2K5 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 What do I need to buy to build one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Hey hey! I bought my Dell 3 years ago. It has the i7 920 "8 core processor", came with 6 meg of ram. 750 gig h/drive ATi Radeon HD 4800 series http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-radeon-hd-4000/hd-4800/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-4800-overview.aspxStill a nice computer 3 yrs later. I added 4 terabytes of h/drive. And 12 more gigs of ram. Looking to add a blue ray burner next.18gigs of ram? Edited February 25, 2012 by serpentracer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleaveTheGreat Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 18gigs of ram? we weren't born last night....I'm running 16 on the new system I'm building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 I had to edit that last part lolI could have sworn I seen the limit for windows 7 was like 12 gigs of ram but it's 192 gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleaveTheGreat Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 I had to edit that last part lolI could have sworn I seen the limit for windows 7 was like 12 gigs of ram but it's 192 gigs.Haha. Anything above 12 is pretty unnecessary but ram got pretty cheap so why not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfvb1225 Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 With windows 7 microsoft finally brought 64 bit architecture from the server systems down to home and business operating systems. Software is still quite a bit behind, so the majority of common programs will still be operating in 32 bit mode, and 64 bit windows handles that very well. Having the ability to go beyond 8 gig of memory is a nice feature to keep that computer useful for a few years but it would be overkill to install more than that for the time being and for most people's needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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